Election Results and Allocation of Seats in Parliament (National Assembly) and Provincial Legislatures: 2024
With the final results announced officially by the IEC on 2 June 2024, for the first time in South Africa, no single party won a mandate to govern. The ANC received a little over 6.4 million votes. This was followed by the DA and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), a new entrant to South African politics. The ANC only retained its outright majority in the Eastern Cape, Limpopo, the Free State, North West and Mpumalanga, down from the eight it held after the previous elections. The ANC is the opposition once again in the Western Cape. As with national government, coalition arrangements will also have to be forged in KwaZulu-Natal, the Northern Cape and Gauteng.
In the National Assembly, COPE, the NFP and the AIC will not be returning. New parties to the National Assembly include MK, Patriotic Alliance (PA), Action SA, Rise Mzansi, Build One SA (BOSA), Cape Coloured Congress (CCC) and United Africans Transformation (UAT).
This election, a record number of 52 political parties contested the national ballot (compared to 48 parties in 2019).
The National Assembly has 400 seats allocated proportionally according to the votes parties received. The 2024 election was different in that there was a regional ballot. The regional ballot allowed for the contestation of independent candidates, and the ballot differed from province to province. The allocation of the 400 NA seats is done by factoring in national (200 seats) and regional ballots (200 seats) according to complex electoral seat formulas. See more here
In the Seventh Parliament, 18 parties will be represented. No independent candidates will be represented.
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2019 |
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2024 |
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PARTY |
SEATS |
% OF VOTES |
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PARTY |
SEATS |
% OF VOTES |
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ANC |
230 |
57.50% |
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ANC |
159 |
40.18% |
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DA |
84 |
20.77% |
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DA |
87 |
21.8% |
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EFF |
44 |
10.79% |
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MK |
58 |
14.59% |
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IFP |
14 |
3.38% |
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EFF |
39 |
9.52% |
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FF PLUS |
10 |
2.38% |
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IFP |
17 |
3.85% |
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ACDP |
4 |
0.84% |
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PA |
8 |
2.05% |
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UDM |
2 |
0.45% |
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FF+ |
6 |
1.36% |
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ATM |
2 |
0.44% |
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Action SA |
6 |
1.19% |
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GOOD |
2 |
0.40% |
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ACDP |
3 |
0.6% |
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NFP |
2 |
0.35% |
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UDM |
3 |
0.49% |
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AIC |
2 |
0.28% |
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RISE |
2 |
0.42% |
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COPE |
2 |
0.27% |
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BOSA |
2 |
0.41% |
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PAC |
1 |
0.19% |
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ATM |
2 |
0.4% |
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ALJAMA |
1 |
0.18% |
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ALJAMA |
2 |
0.24% |
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NCC |
2 |
0.23% |
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PAC |
1 |
0.23% |
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UAT |
1 |
0.22% |
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GOOD |
1 |
0.18% |
See 2014 allocation here
2019 NA SEAT ALLOCATION vs 2024 SEAT ALLOCATION
2019
2024
Provincial results
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2019 |
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2024 |
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PARTY |
SEATS |
% OF VOTES |
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PARTY |
SEATS |
% OF VOTES |
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EASTERN CAPE (2024 seat determination: 72 |
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ANC |
44 |
68.75% |
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ANC |
45 |
62.16% |
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DA |
10 |
15.73% |
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DA |
11 |
14.89% |
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EFF |
5 |
7.84% |
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EFF |
8 |
10.14% |
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UDM |
2 |
2.60% |
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UDM |
3 |
3.71% |
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ATM |
1 |
1.52% |
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PA |
2 |
2.31% |
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FF+ |
1 |
0.58% |
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ATM |
1 |
1.55% |
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MK |
1 |
1.44% |
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FREE STATE (2024 seat determination: 30) |
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ANC |
19 |
61.14% |
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ANC |
16 |
51.87% |
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DA |
6 |
17.58% |
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DA |
7 |
21.88% |
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EFF |
4 |
12.58% |
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EFF |
4 |
13.52% |
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FF+ |
1 |
3.96% |
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FF+ |
1 |
3.01% |
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MK |
1 |
1.93% |
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ACT |
1 |
1.83% |
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GAUTENG (2024 seat determination: 80) |
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ANC |
37 |
50.19% |
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ANC |
28 |
37.76% |
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DA |
20 |
27.45% |
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DA |
22 |
27.44% |
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EFF |
11 |
14.69% |
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EFF |
11 |
12.93% |
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FF+ |
3 |
3.56% |
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MK |
8 |
9.79% |
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IFP |
1 |
0.89% |
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ACTION SA |
2 |
4.16% |
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ACDP |
1 |
0.71% |
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FF+ |
2 |
2.33% |
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PA |
2 |
2.30% |
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RISE |
1 |
0.98% |
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IFP |
1 |
0.87% |
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BOSA |
1 |
0.76% |
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ACDP |
1 |
0.74% |
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KZN (2024 seat determination: 80) |
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ANC |
44 |
54.22% |
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MK |
37 |
45.35% |
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IFP |
13 |
16.43% |
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IFP |
15 |
18.07% |
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DA |
11 |
13.90% |
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ANC |
14 |
16.99% |
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EFF |
8 |
9.71% |
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DA |
11 |
13.36% |
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NFP |
1 |
1.57% |
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EFF |
2 |
2.26% |
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MF |
1 |
0.52% |
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NFP |
1 |
0.56% |
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ATM |
1 |
0.49% |
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ACDP |
1 |
0.48% |
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LIMPOPO (2024 seat determination: 64) |
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ANC |
38 |
75.49% |
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ANC |
48 |
73.3% |
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EFF |
7 |
14.43% |
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EFF |
9 |
14.12% |
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DA |
3 |
5.40% |
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DA |
4 |
5.96% |
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FF+ |
1 |
1.42% |
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FF+ |
1 |
1.09% |
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MK |
1 |
0.85% |
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UAT |
1 |
0.82% |
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MPUMALANGA (2024 seat determination: 51) |
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ANC |
22 |
70.58% |
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ANC |
27 |
51.15% |
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EFF |
4 |
12.79% |
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MK |
9 |
16.79% |
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DA |
3 |
5.40% |
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EFF |
7 |
13.87% |
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FF+ |
1 |
1.42% |
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DA |
6 |
12.02% |
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FF+ |
1 |
1.53% |
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Action SA |
1 |
0.5% |
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NORTH WEST (2024 seat determination: 38) |
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ANC |
21 |
67.87% |
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ANC |
23 |
57.73% |
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EFF |
6 |
18.64% |
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EFF |
7 |
17.37% |
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DA |
4 |
11.18% |
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DA |
5 |
13.24% |
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FF+ |
2 |
4.32% |
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FF+ |
1 |
2.6% |
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MK |
1 |
2.06% |
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Action SA |
1 |
1.7% |
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NORTHERN CAPE (2024 seat determination: 30) |
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ANC |
18 |
57.54% |
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ANC |
15 |
49.34% |
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DA |
8 |
25.51% |
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DA |
7 |
21.19% |
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EFF |
3 |
9.71% |
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EFF |
4 |
13.25% |
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FF+ |
1 |
2.68% |
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PA |
3 |
8.64% |
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FF+ |
1 |
1.83% |
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WESTERN CAPE (seat determination still to be finalised per provincial constitution) |
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DA |
24 |
55.45% |
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DA |
24 |
55.3% |
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ANC |
12 |
28.63% |
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ANC |
8 |
19.55% |
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EFF |
2 |
4.04% |
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PA |
3 |
7.8% |
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GOOD |
1 |
3.01% |
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EFF |
2 |
5.3% |
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ACDP |
1 |
2.66% |
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NCC |
1 |
2.38% |
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FF+ |
1 |
1.56% |
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FF+ |
1 |
1.45% |
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AL JAMA |
1 |
0.86% |
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AL JAMA |
1 |
1.3% |
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ACDP |
1 |
1.29% |
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GOOD |
1 |
1.13% |
In February 2024, the IEC published revised seat determinations for the provincial legislatures ahead of the elections. The seats are determined in accordance with Section 105(2) of the Republic of South Africa's Constitution Act 108 of 1996 and item 3(1) of Schedule 3 to the Electoral Act No.73 of 1998. The provincial legislatures’ seats determination takes into account scientifically based data on the population in each province, as well as representation by interested parties.
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"That week in Parliament" is a series of blog posts in which the important Parliamentary events of the week are discussed.
We host the latest posts of this blog, written by People's Assembly. You can find more on PA's blog.